# Flight instructor — glider — FAA flight training hour minimums: Part 61 vs Part 141, by certificate and rating

For Flight instructor, certificate or rating is Flight instructor — glider; part 141 minimum is 10 hours, which must include 10 flights, if the course is for a glider category rating; part 141 appendix is Part 141 Appendix F, para. 4(a)(2); key sub-requirements is 10 hours, which must include 10 flights, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **Certificate or rating:** Flight instructor — glider _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Part 141 minimum:** 10 hours, which must include 10 flights, if the course is for a glider category rating _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Part 141 appendix:** Part 141 Appendix F, para. 4(a)(2) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Key sub-requirements:** 10 hours, which must include 10 flights _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> ( 1 ) 25 hours, if the course is for an airplane, rotorcraft, or powered-lift rating; and ( 2 ) 10 hours, which must include 10 flights, if the course is for a glider category rating.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-D/part-141

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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